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Least Sandpiper In Kamas Valley

By Mia McPherson|August 20th, 2023|Categories: Bird ID, Birds, Kamas Valley, Least Sandpipers, Summit County, Utah|Tags: Calidris minutilla, grass, grasses, identification, Least Sandpiper, manure, migrating, migration, pasture, peeps, ranchlands, sandpiper, sandpipers, shorebirds, summer, wet meadow|

The most surprising and wonderful bird I saw and photographed on Thursday with my friend, April Olson, was a migrating Least Sandpiper in the Kamas Valley.

Least Sandpiper – The World’s Smallest Shorebird

By Mia McPherson|August 4th, 2012|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Least Sandpipers, Pinellas County|Tags: adult, beach, Calidris minutilla, coastal, coastal island, Gulf of Mexico, Least Sandpiper, peeps, sand, sandpiper, sandpipers, shore, shorebirds, smallest, smallest sandpiper, spring, tiny|

Least Sandpipers (Calidris minutilla) are the world's smallest shorebird, weighing in at a mere 0.7 ounces (20 g), a length of 6 inches and a wingspan of 13 inches.